Syncing Your Calendar and Updating Your Calendar Settings

This guide provides step-by-step instructions on how to sync your calendar with Sounding Board. By linking your calendar, you can easily schedule sessions using the integrated scheduling system. The guide also explains how to set and update your availability, choose a primary calendar, and customize your working hours. Syncing your calendar allows Sounding Board to see your open availability and schedule sessions accordingly.

Sounding Board's system supports the ability to sync to several calendar providers. The below guides you through syncing a Google Calendar; please look below at Other Calendar Providers to learn how to sync your calendar with your specific calendar provider(s).

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Other Calendar Providers

For details specific to the below types of calendars, please see - 

• iCloud
• Office 365
• Exchange
• Outlook

iCloud Calendar

To sync to an iCloud calendar:

1. Select iCloud as your calendar provider
2. Sign in with your Apple ID and app-specific password*
3. Link your Apple Account
4. Your calendar will be synced, and you'll be redirected back to your Sounding Board account 

Note: To sync your iCloud calendar to your Sounding Board account, you will need to create an app-specific password from your Apple ID account. To do so:

1. Sign in to appleid.apple.com.
2. In the Sign-In and Security section, click App-Specific Passwords.
3. Click Generate an app-specific password or click  and follow the steps on your screen.
4. After you generate your app-specific password, enter or paste it into the password field to link your account. 

Please refer to this Apple support article for any additional guidance on app-specific passwords.  

Office 365 Calendar

To sync to your Office 365 calendar:

1. Select Office 365 as your calendar provider

2. Agree and link your account
3. Select or sign into your Office 365 account 
4. Your calendar will be synced, and you'll be redirected back to your Sounding Board account 

Exchange Calendar

To sync to an Exchange calendar:

1. Select Exchange as your calendar provider

2. Sign into your Exchange account*
3. Agree and link your account
4. Your calendar will be synced, and you'll be redirected back to your Sounding Board account 

*In some cases, you may need to provide an Exchange Server URL and/or Username to sign in and link your Exchange account. Please refer to this documentation for more information.

Outlook Calendar

To sync to an Outlook calendar:

1. Select Outlook as your calendar provider

2. Agree and link your account
3. Sign into your Outlook account 
   • If you're already signed in, you'll be automatically directed to the next step
4. Your calendar will be synced, and you'll be redirected back to your Sounding Board account